BLM listens to public input on plan for millions of Interior acres

The Bureau of Land Management is taking public feedback on a new management plan for over 13 million acres of federal lands west of Fairbanks and the Dalton Highway.
Central Yukon Resource Management Plan project manager Michelle Ethun said the Dalton Highway area alone encompasses diverse resources and uses.
”There’s a lot of mining that occurs in that area,” Ethun said. “There’s a lot of recreational access that occurs in that area. And it’s a utility corrid